This bridge on Middleton Road in Flat Rock was built several years ago by NCDOT, even though neighbors protested, not the need for a bridge but the design and size of the project. Their protests were ignored. This bridge has been tagged with graffiti for quite a while. Now new graffiti spray painted over the old graffiti has appeared.

This may be what Pinecrest Presbyterian Church will have to contend with if a retaining wall is erected in their parking lot. It may also be what we see over King Creek as any pathway across the creek will require a railing or wall at least 3-1/2-feet high.

There are reminders almost daily about why this project is so ill-conceived and should not go forward. Yesterday’s Times-News front page story about the travail it has caused, and will only worsen, for the Presbyterian church. Now this. My hope is that the Times-News follows-up with a story about the project’s impact on the veterinarians. We must persist!